Vortex
7.5/10Watched 20232h 22mDramaReleased 2021
Chris's take
Sad, bleak, depressing… this film is certainly powerful in what it sets out to achieve, doing so in a stylistically unique manner and with such authenticity that it feels almost too real at times.
Director
Gaspar Noé
Cast
Dario Argento
Lui
Françoise Lebrun
Elle
Alex Lutz
Stéphane
Kamel Benchemekh
Grocer
Corinne Bruand
Claire
- N
Nathalie Roubaud
Junkie
Kylian Dheret
Kiki
Philippe Rouyer
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Plot overview
Lui, a struggling author with a heart condition, and his wife Elle, a retired psychiatrist, find their idyllic life shattered when Elle begins to succumb to the effects of dementia.